With Saint Joan, Shaw reached the height of his fame as a dramatist.
Fascinated by the story of Joan of Arc (canonized in 1920), but unhappy with the whitewash which disfigures her beyond recognition, he presents a realistic Joan: proud, intolerant, naive, foolhardy, always brave-a rebel who challenged the conventions and values of her day.
Penguin Books Saint joan: a chronicle play in six scenes, paperback/george bernard shaw
